Comments on: Pavelski helps U.S. upset Russiahttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2014/02/15/pavelski-helps-u-s-upset-russia/
David Pollak and Curtis Pashelka on the San Jose SharksTue, 03 Mar 2015 22:33:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1By: Phat Stat Philhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2014/02/15/pavelski-helps-u-s-upset-russia/comment-page-1/#comment-239657
Phat Stat PhilWed, 19 Feb 2014 00:04:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=10559#comment-239657There’s a lot of guys around the league who have started off well and faded away. That’s part of the reason why I’m still only cautiously optimistic that Hertl could keep up what he was doing.
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AlexWed, 19 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=10559#comment-239656That’s exactly what was said. Swiss had a hot goalie, in a short tournament that was considered enough to beat anybody, even Canada.
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Phat Stat PhilTue, 18 Feb 2014 23:55:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=10559#comment-239655That statement is false. Pavelski has 54 and until Couture went out, he spent much of his time centering our third line.
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Phat Stat PhilTue, 18 Feb 2014 23:53:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=10559#comment-239654+/- aside, I don’t think he really has the numbers to compete with Chara, Fowler, Doughty, or Keith. 4+14=18 isn’t even the best on our team, let alone those four. Keith leads with 3+45=48. Chara brings up the bottom end of that four with 13+13=26.

It’s fair to point out that he doesn’t get the power play time that those four do — Boyle, Demers, Irwin, and Braun have seen more time on the power play than Pickles — but it’s equally fair to point out that Vlasic’s offensive game isn’t good enough to compel his usage in those situations.

Hjalmarsson strikes me as a better comparison and no less impressive a name, really.

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Beer League RocksTue, 18 Feb 2014 22:45:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=10559#comment-239653I think a lot of bumps and bruises have had time to heal, team wide. I hope Dan has his head screwed back on properly.
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Tom (fm Quinzee)Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:41:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=10559#comment-239652On a more serious point, I hope the rest helps Boyle get back to form. We don’t have a replacement for him.
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Tom (fm Quinzee)Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:40:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=10559#comment-239651DP is heading to the Beat Writers Mini-Camp. Curtis P? I don’t know if he was invited. I heard the drinks don’t come with umbrellas at that camp – you have to bring your own.
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Tom (fm Quinzee)Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:38:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=10559#comment-239650Our village idiot GM should get off his duff and sign Vlasic to a long-term…oh, he did that already?
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GP_hockeyhappensTue, 18 Feb 2014 22:37:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=10559#comment-239649Nope, they changed it back. Maybe someone was hoping…
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Tom (fm Quinzee)Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:35:00 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/?p=10559#comment-239648Hold on, Alex. There was some discussion of hot goalies, etc. But I don’t recall anyone saying the Swiss had much beyond solid, even hot, goaltending, which in hockey gives almost any team a chance. Don’t break your arm patting yourself on the back.
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